Author Archives: Kevin Northup

Nova Scotia's Premier says he believes in the ferry link to Maine. Bookings are up this year on the 'CAT' ferry between Yarmouth and Bar Harbor. Speaking with Acadia News in Yarmouth, Tim Houston says...

A double-golden day for Canada at the Summer Olympics. Summer McIntosh picked up her second medal of the games, crushing the field to win the women's 400m Individual Medley swimming event. The 17-year...

Nova Scotia Power says scams are on the rise. They say customers have been reporting fraudulent phone calls and websites posing as Nova Scotia Power. On their website, NS Power says scammers are becom...

Beautiful weather and lots of participants through Yarmouth Seafest. The festival wrapped up on Saturday with a Kids Day on the waterfront. Seafest president Darryl LeBlanc says they were able to put ...

A herring quota cut isn't sitting well with the industry. Earlier this month, Federal fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier announced a 24 percent drop in the total allowable catch until 2027. That's...

Another life has been lost on a road in Nova Scotia. A 79-year-old woman died in a two vehicle crash Thursday afternoon on Highway 101 in Marshalltown, Digby County. The woman from Plympton was drivin...

Electric fishing vessels and infrastructure will be discussed in Digby. IGNITE Atlantic will host the event from 9 a.m. to noon Monday at the Fundy Restaurant. It will bring fishers and industry leade...

We're into the home stretch of Yarmouth Seafest. The traditional herring toss was being held on Friday. In the evening, pedal boat races at Lake Milo return for the second straight year. Seafest will ...

Insurance claims from last year's wildfires and floods in Nova Scotia are nearly a half billion dollars. The Insurance Bureau of Canada says there have been $490 million in total insured losses. They ...

Ten athletes from Nova Scotia are in Paris for the Olympic Summer games. Sarah Mitton from just outside Liverpool might be our province's best hope for a gold. She won silver in shotput during last ye...